What is the Gospel and what must I do to be saved and inherit eternal life?
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you must acknowledge that you are a sinner deserving of God's judgment and that Jesus Christ died for yours sins (Rom 3.23-25).
You must then call on Him to cleanse you from your sins (1 John 1.7-10) and make you accounted as righteous before God (Rom 3.24), and to save you from your sins by making you a new person (2 Cor 5.17) and by guiding and chastening you so that you live rightly before Him (Heb 12.3 ff).
Put your life in His hands for Him to be your SAVIOUR.
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wwjd_kilden
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Considering you nick I think you have already settled for your own answer
I say this :
They answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will be saved.
I say this :
They answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will be saved.
Your question: What is the Gospel:
Answer:
“ I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.”
Act. 13:32-39 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, [now] no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. Wherefore he saith also in another [psalm], Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. Be it known unto you therefore, men [and] brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Your question... and what must I do to be saved and inherit eternal life?
Answer: - The short one #3
The extended one:
Rom 10:9-17 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Must note that if even the Jeshua has pass the water baptism then it seems that water one have to be done /by the way also Noah and whole nation in Exodus trough the sea../ - must be new born by water and spirit.
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John 8:11. She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
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Would you actually accept Scriptural answers, or are you simply fishing?
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kennethcadwell
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The Apostles pondered to Jesus this same question and this is how he answered them;
John 6:28-40
[SUP]28[/SUP] Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
[SUP]29[/SUP] Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent.
[SUP]30[/SUP] They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
[SUP]31[/SUP] Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
[SUP]32[/SUP] Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
[SUP]33[/SUP] For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
[SUP]34[/SUP] Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
[SUP]35[/SUP] And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
[SUP]36[/SUP] But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
[SUP]37[/SUP] All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
[SUP]38[/SUP] For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
[SUP]39[/SUP] And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
[SUP]40[/SUP] And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
We now know by Jesus own words that those who believe in Him will have eternal life, but does the answer just end there? No it doesn't as our Lord Jesus then goes on and tells and shows us what it means to believe in Him;
Luke 6:46-49
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
Lord Jesus says those who come to Him, hear what He says, and then goes and does what He said are those who believe in Him. He shows that hearers only that do not do have no foundation in their faith built on Him, and James says these such people who are hearers only are deceived.
John 6:28-40
[SUP]28[/SUP] Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
[SUP]29[/SUP] Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent.
[SUP]30[/SUP] They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
[SUP]31[/SUP] Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
[SUP]32[/SUP] Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
[SUP]33[/SUP] For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
[SUP]34[/SUP] Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
[SUP]35[/SUP] And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
[SUP]36[/SUP] But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
[SUP]37[/SUP] All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
[SUP]38[/SUP] For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
[SUP]39[/SUP] And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
[SUP]40[/SUP] And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
We now know by Jesus own words that those who believe in Him will have eternal life, but does the answer just end there? No it doesn't as our Lord Jesus then goes on and tells and shows us what it means to believe in Him;
Luke 6:46-49
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
Lord Jesus says those who come to Him, hear what He says, and then goes and does what He said are those who believe in Him. He shows that hearers only that do not do have no foundation in their faith built on Him, and James says these such people who are hearers only are deceived.
A Pictorial Essay of God's Salvation Plan
http://christianchat.com/blogs/p_rehbein/4101-pictoral-essay-gods-salvation-plan.html
http://christianchat.com/blogs/p_rehbein/4101-pictoral-essay-gods-salvation-plan.html
The gospel is the "good news" of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) and is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes.. (Romans 1:16). Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved (Acts 16:31).
Since you are a Christian according to your profile, how did you come to believe? Have you fallen into this trap described in Hebrews 6:4-6?
[SUP]4 [/SUP]For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
[SUP]5 [/SUP]And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
[SUP]6 [/SUP]If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
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eternally-gratefull
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I think your answer is in your question.
A child inherits his parents things. He can not earn them. thus you must become born into Gods family. The only way to do this, is to be adopted by God. Which again, you can do nothing to be adopted by anyone, it is they who do they adopting.
Yet is sounds like from what I am reading you do not believe either of these things. Seems yuo want to work to earn it.. Good luck with that.
A child inherits his parents things. He can not earn them. thus you must become born into Gods family. The only way to do this, is to be adopted by God. Which again, you can do nothing to be adopted by anyone, it is they who do they adopting.
Yet is sounds like from what I am reading you do not believe either of these things. Seems yuo want to work to earn it.. Good luck with that.
why looking?
testing your sisters & brothers so you can pounce on them?
hoping to start a bumper-sticker evangelism ministry?
or forgetful of what you said yourself?
put all your trust in the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
the perfect image of God, His own son, who was born a Jew by a virgin, took up the cross for you, was raised the third day and ascended into heaven, to return again at the time the Father has set.
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Rosesrock
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ADMIT that you are is a sinner in need of salvation. Romans 3:23.You deserve to die. Romans 6:23. One day he will be judged by the Lord. Hebrews 9:27. You cannot save yourself by good works. Titus 3:5. Eph 2:8-9
BELIEVE the facts of the gospel. The Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died for our sins on the cross, and He rose again from the dead. He is the Savior of those who believe in Him. Romans 5:8; John 3:16, 36.
CALL upon the Lord. Ask Jesus to come into your heart. Psalm 145:18; Romans 10:13.
Just believing isnt salvation. Even the devil believed and trembled. Saving faith is believing, repenting and turning from sin.
BELIEVE the facts of the gospel. The Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died for our sins on the cross, and He rose again from the dead. He is the Savior of those who believe in Him. Romans 5:8; John 3:16, 36.
CALL upon the Lord. Ask Jesus to come into your heart. Psalm 145:18; Romans 10:13.
Just believing isnt salvation. Even the devil believed and trembled. Saving faith is believing, repenting and turning from sin.
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atwhatcost
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Gospel = Good News = The Word = Jesus.
We do nothing to be saved, since he did the saving, not us. But, proof of salvation and the process of sanctification = Trust him.
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If we can go by the Beatitudes, then we can safely assume that the heaven
depicted in the 21st chapter of Revelation will be a place of peace and
kindness; which means there will be no cruelty of any kind; for example
malicious gossip, demeaning comments, thoughtless remarks, name-calling,
toxic rejoinders, discourtesy, chafing, quarrelling, bickering, mockery,
relentless ridicule . . .
. . . fault-finding, nit picking, spite, carping, bullying, intimidation, wiseacre
retorts, needling, taunting, biting sarcasm, petty ill will, yelling, ugly
insinuations, cold-shouldering, calculated insults, snobbery, elitism,
arrogance, subterfuge, antisocial behaviors, sociopaths, crime, war,
despotism, oppression, injustice, human rights abuses, character
assassination, etc, etc, et al, and ad nauseam.
It's will also be a place of sexual purity.
†. Rev 21:8 . . But the vile and the sexually immoral-- their place will be in
the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.
The koiné Greek word for "vile" is bdelusso (bdel-oos'-so) which essentially
means to stink; viz: disgusting.
When it comes right down to it; the heaven of Revelation 21 is not
everyone's cup of tea. Some people would be very frustrated if they couldn't
be themselves there. They'd really be out of their element.
What's it mean to be themselves? All that ugly stuff that I listed pretty much
defines people being themselves; viz: doing what comes natural.
Bottom line is: People's conduct will be the final determinant as to whether
they will be permitted to enter and/or remain in the heaven depicted in the
21st chapter of Revelation; most especially whether they are 100% honest.
†. Rev 21:7-8 . . All liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire
and brimstone, which is the second death.
†. Rev 21:27 . . No one who practices lying, shall ever come into the holy
city, the new Jerusalem.
One of the more common forms of dishonesty is dissembling, which can be
defined as concealing your true feelings by deliberately giving people the
impression that you feel some other way. Now that you know about
dissembling, watch how often you do it in the weeks to come. I think you'll
be surprised how often you've been practicing dissembling without thinking
because it's so natural.
Seeing as how nobody is 100% honest, they how's anybody to get past the
pearly gates?
The trick is: the two passages about dishonesty refer to an era beyond the
resurrection era. In other words: people less than 100% honest who rise
from the dead still less than 100% honest, will be marched off to the lake of
fire. But people less than 100% honest who rise from the dead no longer
less than 100% honest, will be permitted to enter and remain in the holy
city.
Q: Is it possible to fix people so that those who don't always tell the truth
rise from the dead always telling the truth?
A: Yes
Back in 1968, when I was a young single guy around 24 years old and living
in a cheap, one-room basement apartment in Oregon, and working as a
welder in a structural shop located in the old Kaiser ship yards across the
Columbia river in Vancouver, I had lots of time to myself to think about
things since I had no friends, nor any kind of social contact whatsoever other
than at work. I wasn't distracted with a girl friend, nor by pals and beer
buddies, nor by an obsessive hobby. It was just me, my 1961 Volkswagen,
and a 305 Honda motorcycle that I rode all over northwest Oregon.
Anyway, long story short, sometime during that era I got to thinking that
complying with God's edicts would be a whole lot easier if it came natural. I
mean, pleasing God is easy for God because pleasing Himself comes natural
to Him. So I thought to myself: if I were like God, then heaven would be in
the bag because God is faultless; ergo: I would be faultless too.
Now, I'll grant that's a pretty childish way of thinking; but just imagine my
amazement to discover that God has been thinking that very same way for
years! In other words: a portion of the plan of salvation is dedicated to
reconstructing people into what we might call chips off the olde block.
†. 2Pet 1:3-5 . . His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to
life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His
own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious
and magnificent promises, in order that by them you might become
partakers of the divine nature
When people rise from the dead with the divine nature, they will easily
qualify to enter the holy city depicted in the 21st chapter of Revelation.
Q: Does the Bible say how to obtain the divine nature about which Peter
wrote?
A: Yes; the New Testament has quite a bit to say about obtaining the divine
nature; however it's easy to miss because its described with different words.
Human nature is the essence of human life. In like manner, divine nature is
the essence of divine life. According to John 17:3, there's only one true
divine life and that's God. So then; seeing as how God is eternal, then divine
life is eternal too; and there are lots of verses telling how to obtain eternal
life; for example:
†. John 3:14-16 . . Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the
Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have
eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Christ compared the purpose of his crucifixion to an incident in Israel's
history recorded at Num 21:5-9 wherein Yhvh's people became weary of
living in the desert and eating manna all the time at every meal. But instead
of courteously, and diplomatically, petitioning their divine benefactor for
tastier food and better accommodations, they became hostile and
confrontational.
In response to their insolence; Yhvh sent a swarm of deadly poisonous
vipers among them; which began striking people; and those snakes were
really lethal. In no time at all, much people of Israel died.
Then those not yet dead came to their senses and asked Moses to intercede.
In reply; God instructed Moses to fashion an image of the vipers and hoist it
up on a pole so that everyone dying from venom could look to the image for
treatment.
The key issue here is that the image was the only God-given remedy for the
people's bites-- not sacrifices and offerings, not tithing, not church
attendance, not scapulars, not confession, not holy days of obligation, not
the Sabbath, not charity, not Bible study and Sunday school, not Torah
studies, not tithing, not one's religion of choice, not self denial, not the so
called golden rule, not vows of poverty, nor the Ten Commandments, nor
door-to-door missionary work, no; not even prayers. The image was it;
there was no other hope.
Just as those snakes were really lethal, so is human nature; ergo: everyone
who rises from the dead with human life will be doomed to the lake of fire
depicted at Rev 20:11-15 seeing as how eternal life is the only kind of life
with which God finds no fault-- I mean if God were to find fault with eternal
life; He would be finding fault with Himself.
Bottom line is: The divine nature (a.k.a. eternal life) is the final option; viz:
there is no other kind of life in existence anywhere any place that's better;
so if eternal life can't keep somebody sinless, then everybody is out of luck;
including God.
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If we can go by the Beatitudes, then we can safely assume that the heaven
depicted in the 21st chapter of Revelation will be a place of peace and
kindness; which means there will be no cruelty of any kind; for example
malicious gossip, demeaning comments, thoughtless remarks, name-calling,
toxic rejoinders, discourtesy, chafing, quarrelling, bickering, mockery,
relentless ridicule . . .
. . . fault-finding, nit picking, spite, carping, bullying, intimidation, wiseacre
retorts, needling, taunting, biting sarcasm, petty ill will, yelling, ugly
insinuations, cold-shouldering, calculated insults, snobbery, elitism,
arrogance, subterfuge, antisocial behaviors, sociopaths, crime, war,
despotism, oppression, injustice, human rights abuses, character
assassination, etc, etc, et al, and ad nauseam.
It's will also be a place of sexual purity.
†. Rev 21:8 . . But the vile and the sexually immoral-- their place will be in
the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.
The koiné Greek word for "vile" is bdelusso (bdel-oos'-so) which essentially
means to stink; viz: disgusting.
When it comes right down to it; the heaven of Revelation 21 is not
everyone's cup of tea. Some people would be very frustrated if they couldn't
be themselves there. They'd really be out of their element.
What's it mean to be themselves? All that ugly stuff that I listed pretty much
defines people being themselves; viz: doing what comes natural.
Bottom line is: People's conduct will be the final determinant as to whether
they will be permitted to enter and/or remain in the heaven depicted in the
21st chapter of Revelation; most especially whether they are 100% honest.
†. Rev 21:7-8 . . All liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire
and brimstone, which is the second death.
†. Rev 21:27 . . No one who practices lying, shall ever come into the holy
city, the new Jerusalem.
One of the more common forms of dishonesty is dissembling, which can be
defined as concealing your true feelings by deliberately giving people the
impression that you feel some other way. Now that you know about
dissembling, watch how often you do it in the weeks to come. I think you'll
be surprised how often you've been practicing dissembling without thinking
because it's so natural.
Seeing as how nobody is 100% honest, they how's anybody to get past the
pearly gates?
The trick is: the two passages about dishonesty refer to an era beyond the
resurrection era. In other words: people less than 100% honest who rise
from the dead still less than 100% honest, will be marched off to the lake of
fire. But people less than 100% honest who rise from the dead no longer
less than 100% honest, will be permitted to enter and remain in the holy
city.
Q: Is it possible to fix people so that those who don't always tell the truth
rise from the dead always telling the truth?
A: Yes
Back in 1968, when I was a young single guy around 24 years old and living
in a cheap, one-room basement apartment in Oregon, and working as a
welder in a structural shop located in the old Kaiser ship yards across the
Columbia river in Vancouver, I had lots of time to myself to think about
things since I had no friends, nor any kind of social contact whatsoever other
than at work. I wasn't distracted with a girl friend, nor by pals and beer
buddies, nor by an obsessive hobby. It was just me, my 1961 Volkswagen,
and a 305 Honda motorcycle that I rode all over northwest Oregon.
Anyway, long story short, sometime during that era I got to thinking that
complying with God's edicts would be a whole lot easier if it came natural. I
mean, pleasing God is easy for God because pleasing Himself comes natural
to Him. So I thought to myself: if I were like God, then heaven would be in
the bag because God is faultless; ergo: I would be faultless too.
Now, I'll grant that's a pretty childish way of thinking; but just imagine my
amazement to discover that God has been thinking that very same way for
years! In other words: a portion of the plan of salvation is dedicated to
reconstructing people into what we might call chips off the olde block.
†. 2Pet 1:3-5 . . His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to
life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His
own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious
and magnificent promises, in order that by them you might become
partakers of the divine nature
When people rise from the dead with the divine nature, they will easily
qualify to enter the holy city depicted in the 21st chapter of Revelation.
Q: Does the Bible say how to obtain the divine nature about which Peter
wrote?
A: Yes; the New Testament has quite a bit to say about obtaining the divine
nature; however it's easy to miss because its described with different words.
Human nature is the essence of human life. In like manner, divine nature is
the essence of divine life. According to John 17:3, there's only one true
divine life and that's God. So then; seeing as how God is eternal, then divine
life is eternal too; and there are lots of verses telling how to obtain eternal
life; for example:
†. John 3:14-16 . . Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the
Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have
eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Christ compared the purpose of his crucifixion to an incident in Israel's
history recorded at Num 21:5-9 wherein Yhvh's people became weary of
living in the desert and eating manna all the time at every meal. But instead
of courteously, and diplomatically, petitioning their divine benefactor for
tastier food and better accommodations, they became hostile and
confrontational.
In response to their insolence; Yhvh sent a swarm of deadly poisonous
vipers among them; which began striking people; and those snakes were
really lethal. In no time at all, much people of Israel died.
Then those not yet dead came to their senses and asked Moses to intercede.
In reply; God instructed Moses to fashion an image of the vipers and hoist it
up on a pole so that everyone dying from venom could look to the image for
treatment.
The key issue here is that the image was the only God-given remedy for the
people's bites-- not sacrifices and offerings, not tithing, not church
attendance, not scapulars, not confession, not holy days of obligation, not
the Sabbath, not charity, not Bible study and Sunday school, not Torah
studies, not tithing, not one's religion of choice, not self denial, not the so
called golden rule, not vows of poverty, nor the Ten Commandments, nor
door-to-door missionary work, no; not even prayers. The image was it;
there was no other hope.
Just as those snakes were really lethal, so is human nature; ergo: everyone
who rises from the dead with human life will be doomed to the lake of fire
depicted at Rev 20:11-15 seeing as how eternal life is the only kind of life
with which God finds no fault-- I mean if God were to find fault with eternal
life; He would be finding fault with Himself.
Bottom line is: The divine nature (a.k.a. eternal life) is the final option; viz:
there is no other kind of life in existence anywhere any place that's better;
so if eternal life can't keep somebody sinless, then everybody is out of luck;
including God.
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